The crazy-paving pattern in exogenous lipoid pneumonia: CT-pathologic correlation.
OBJECTIVE
The purpose of our study was to show a distinctive appearance of exogenous lipoid pneumonia on thin-section CT that has not, to our knowledge, been previously documented.


CONCLUSIONS
On thin-section CT, exogenous lipoid pneumonia is revealed as patchy well-defined areas of ground-glass attenuation with superimposed septal thickening (crazy-paving pattern). Exogenous lipoid pneumonia should be included in the differential diagnosis when thin-section CT reveals a crazy-paving pattern.
Franquet
T
T
Department of Radiology, Hospital de Sant Pau, Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona, Spain.
Giménez
A
A
Bordes
R
R
Rodríguez-Arias
J M
JM
Castella
J
J
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008168:Lung / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging / Q000473:pathology; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D011017:Pneumonia, Lipid / Q000000981:diagnostic imaging* / Q000473:pathology; D014057:Tomography, X-Ray Computed